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Nathalie Sarraute was 83 years old when she produced
Enfance, her first best-seller. The
cover of the 1985 Folio edition carries a delightful photograph of
the six-year-old Nathalie, though the author had not intended this
mark of ownership: she had very deliberately used the general title
Enfance, leaving that childhood open to all.

Sarraute was a very considerable figure on the French literary
scene, having already produced eight novels and six plays, as well
as her seminal critical essays. She had played an important role in
the movement known as the “nouveau roman”, and was known for her
radical challenging of literary convention and traditional
narrative forms. Her decision to write …

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